Ismael Munguia racked up five hits over two games of a doubleheader. The big question is is this a new level of performance or a career year? Buffalo split the DH. Dunedin also won as Jojo Parker and Blaine Bullard stayed hot. Vancouver had a bad loss, New Hampshire's also lost.
Buffalo 1 Lehigh Valley 0 - game one
Buffalo 3 Lehigh Valley 5 - game two
New Hampshire 5 Hartford 10
Spokane 9 Vancouver 7
St Lucie 3 Dunedin 6
Three Stars
Third Star - Hedbert Perez
Second Star - Jojo Parker
First Star - Ismael Munguia
NOTES
In their first game Buffalo scored a run in the first inning and that was the winning run. Ismael Munguia singled to third base and later scored when Charles McAdoo singled to third. Munguia and Carlos Mendoza had two hits.
Grant Rogers went three shutout innings. He left the game after three innings due to a rain delay. Three relievers took it home.
Munguia had three more hits in game two, making it five for the doubleheader. Rudy Martin Jr had two hits. Both Munguia and Martin were caught stealing. Munguia is Nicaraguan and is 27 years old. He first made it to AAA in the Giants org in 2024 where he hit .250 in 50 games. He moved to Scranton in the International League for 2025 and hit .246 there. So this years .341 looks like a career year at 27 years old. But...its just 31 games in AAA as he was injured for six weeks. He is a contact hitter who walks more than he strikes out and doesn't have much power. His profile looks a lot like Rudy Martin who is 30 now.
Richard Gallardo started game two and took the loss.
New Hampshire were cruising along until the bottom of the fourth inning when Hartford scored five off Chris McElvain. That was the end of the night for McElvain. NH trailed by five until the seventh inning where they scored four to make it a one run game. But Hartford immediately scored four off TJ Brock, making his first appearance this season in AA.
The Fisher Cats did have 12 hits, the same as Hartford. Hartford hit three home runs, the Cats just one by Dub Gleed. Hedbert Perez was 3-3 with a walk. Arjun Nimmala, Eddie Micheletti and Cade Doughty had two hits each.
Vancouver took a 7-4 lead to the ninth inning with Gilberto Batista on the mound. Six hits and five runs later the C's were down 9-7 and that was the final score. Thats a tough loss. The C's had eight hits, Alexis Hernandez singled and doubled.
Nine hits and six runs for the Dunedin Jays. No home runs tonight but Jojo Parker tripled and singled and drove in two runs. Parkers triple was measured at 109.7 mph. Blaine Bullard had three hits, Juan Sanchez a double. Jake Cook walked twice.
Giacomo Taschin went 3.2 innings, he gave up two runs, one earned. The interestingly named Edrwin Veras went 3.1 innings in relief.
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